You knew it was coming. Perhaps you didn’t expect it this soon but it’s here.
A corporation is running for Congress.
It’s happening in the 1st Congressional District of Maryland. That’s Silver Spring, MD.
I have included the first campaign ad. Also, you will find the web site. You won’t even have to make a donation.

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Despite what some may think, I was not around for the Dred Scott decision. That aside, I had comforted myself that the Supremes could not make a worse ruling than the one that gave us Bush the lesser.
I was wrong, horribly so.
We are now the only developed country in the world that allows corporations to [...]

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Do you REALLY want a democracy? The healthcare reform farce we see in Congress is proof positive that we do not actually enjoy a democracy in the United States.
Who is to blame? You and me. Who can bring back democracy? Only you and me. How, you ask. Well, that’s what I’m here for. I have [...]

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Change. Change? What change? How about some meaningful change?
Three issues are at the top of the agenda. They share a commonality. They are healthcare, the economic crisis and the impending decision by the Supreme Court on Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission.
The commonality they share is the usurpation of power by corporations and the [...]

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This post was inspired by one by Ryan Grim. Although long, you really should read it in its entirety – after you’ve finished mine.
Although the inspiration came from another source, you will find that this topic has long been of interest to me. Despite the title, the subject actually concerns another pseudo science, economics.
While I [...]

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America is the greatest country in the world. I grew up hearing that and I used to believe it. I still hear people saying it.
Is it true? What did people mean when they made that claim? What does it mean now? Are people now just saying it out of habit? What criteria are they using? [...]

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Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.
Benito Mussolini
Once upon a time I was in politics. That was long ago, when I was young. Well, younger. I was one of four councilmen but also Mayor Pro tem and, for a period, Acting Mayor. It was [...]

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Please forgive me. I am doing something I have only done once before. I have copy and pasted a commentary from someone else.
Johann Hari is a British journalist. Among other awards, he is the youngest ever winner of the George Orwell Award. This is the pre-eminent award for British political writing. He writes for several [...]

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Sadly, I am old enough to remember the long ago, halcyon days when people were the only ones with the right of free speech. We reigned supreme, or thought we did.
Just how much is your speech worth these days? It used to be one of our most important rights. It was a part of the [...]

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